Letter: Pipelines not up to the provinces

Now we have two NDP governing parties ruining the country with ideological thinking. Decisions on pipelines should not and are not the realm of provincial governments. You know what? Alberta should cut off all shipments of petro-chemicals through B.C. and disallow any such shipments by B.C. through Alberta.

That in itself should get the bozos out from the delusion that they are competent when it comes to rational decision making.

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